And, in 1759, when he was blind and in failing health, he insisted on attending an April 6 performance of Messiah at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Eight days later, Handel died at home.

Handel’s Messiah is the nation’s favourite choral work. It has now been a consistent hit for 275 years, being performed all over the country, year in, year out, since it was put on as an Easter ...

The Cantata Singers of Elmira present a historically-informed performance of Handel's oratorio Messiah on Saturday, May 17 at ...

Handel's Messiah was broadcast on Radio 3 on Christmas Day 2009 at 7pm during Performance on 3. Conductor Laurence Cummings and director Deborah Warner introduce and discuss each part of Handel's ...

Today “Messiah” is associated with Christmas, but Handel’s themes — the renewal of life, a world freshly infused with grace — were keyed to Easter. The concert he conducted in Dublin, ...

The Tabernacle Choir has recorded the “Hallelujah” from Messiah more than a dozen times over the last century. In this performance, Handel’s celebratory fanfares are augmented by the Gabriel ...

On April 13, 1742, during the Christian season of Lent, George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" oratorio received its world premiere in a concert hall in Dublin. The Great Music Hall in Fishamble ...

It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer George Frideric Handel. "It has been in near continuous performance from 1742, when it premiered, all the way up to the present," said author ...

The glorious two-hour performance, in the magnificent venue of Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, will see the recruits sing and perform the titanic masterpiece that is Handel’s Messiah. They will be ...

Recorded in 1992, this performance of Handel's awesome "Messiah" took place on the 250th anniversary of the initial rendition of the piece. Recorded at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland ...

nothing says Christmas like performances of “Messiah.” It’s an oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had become a British subject. The piece was ...

the Calvin Oratorio Society made its debut with the first of its now traditional Christmas season performances of Handel's Messiah. Since that time, the Calvin Oratorio Society has grown under the ...